Ibrahimovic transferred to Paris Saint-Germain!
The news quickly spread from Europe to every corner of the world, earning confirmation from both Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain.
The transfer fee reached as high as sixty million euros, while Paris Saint-Germain would pay Ibrahimovic an annual salary of eighteen million euros after taxes. This would make the Swedish Striker the second-highest-paid player in the world, behind only Yang Yang, surpassing Barcelona's Messi and Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo.
Two days before the transfer was finalized, Ibrahimovic sent Yang Yang a text message saying that the transfer was basically settled and would be announced soon. Yet he did not call, and Yang Yang did not call him back either.
Clearly, neither of them was particularly willing to say goodbye face-to-face.
This time was different from their days at Ajax. Yang Yang could feel that perhaps he would never again have the chance to play alongside Ibrahimovic.
Before selling Ibrahimovic, while Yang Yang was playing in the Top Ten Tournament, Real Madrid had quietly completed another transfer. Brazilian right-back Maicon moved to Premier League side Man City for fifteen million euros, and Maicon would likewise receive a somewhat better contract than the one he had at Real Madrid.
The Brazilian right-back was quite satisfied when speaking over the phone. He was confident that he could continue shining in the Premier League, and with former teammates such as Sneijder and De Jong still at Man City, he would not be lonely.
Soon after Real Madrid announced Ibrahimovic's transfer, they finalized another deal: Kaka moved to AC Milan for a transfer fee of thirty million euros.
Compared with the sixty-five million euros Real Madrid had paid for him three years earlier, Kaka's value had shrunk considerably. This was certainly because he had reached the age of thirty,